Dowel-sawing machine.



H. W. WEEKS.

DOWEL SAWING MACHINE.

APPLICATION man sEPLze. 1914.

Patented. Jan. 18, 1916.

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Gl/@Ltmaowo H. W. WEEKS.

DOWEL SAWING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED sEPT.26, 1914.

Patented Jan. 18, l916.

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` set forth, the strips u faces Hattened it is, of course,

rdowel sticks of various sizes Vthrough n vard and 25 l adjusted so aste bring seenthat; 1 have provided `faceo the log diameter can besubstituted therefor so that can be cut on the same machine. v

.lnV order to provide means forl supporting vthe tubular saw adjacent its outer end, secure to the head 6 an arm 13 provided with an opening to receive the tubular arbor Z and extends forwardly as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and t and is provided withan obliquely arranged depending which the outer portion of the tubular saw extends and is mounted to revolve.

1n the operation of my improved construction of sawing machine, a cured in position upon the table 2 and the tubularsaw is adjusted through the medium of the carriage and head, until it is vin position to engage the end of the log at a point adjacent the left edge thereof corr spon ing tothe circle marked 1 in Fig. 7. rlhe tubular 'saw is then revolved and at the same time, the carriage is fed toward the standthe dowel stiel; 16 is cut from the og. A

After the saw has completely passed through j the log lengthwise, turned to its initial position and the saw is the cutting edge thereof into positionto engage the log at a oint designated by the numeral 2 in Fig. 7, and the operation is repeated. lit will be seen that the thiclrness of the ,tubular saw allows the saw toy be adjusted so as to bring thek circumference thereof flush with the face of the log so as to allow the'bearing 1li to pass through the slot formed thereby, the

sawdust passing out through said slot, the V strips between the circles in Fig. 7, dropping off to the left as the saw is advanced transversely across the log. `When a series of dowel sticks have been cut from the log they will force one another out through the open end of 'the tubular arbor 7 as shown in Fig. 1 and which can be deposited into a suitable receptacle.

From the foregoing description, itr will be a tubular sawing machine which is capable of cutting a great number of dowel sticks from a log and while l have shown a log with its upper and lower understood that itis only necessary to flatten the lower so that the sainewill be held in a rigid position upon the table in order to bringthe saw into engagemnt with the end thereof to make a longitudinal cutk therethrough.Y

1t will also be seen that by supporting the' tubular saw adjacent its end in the manner between the dowels being cut are allowed to drop edV ofthe log out Copies o this patentV may be obtained. for

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log 1,5 is se-y the table is re! ve cents each, by addressing the Washington, D. C.

messes ofthe way of the saw as the same eats its -way through the log.

1 have not shown and described any particular manner of operating the saw table and carriage, it is, of course, understood that any of the well-'known forms of operating means now in use can be employed by means of which, thecarriage will be advanced after each cut has been made in the log. v

l claim: n y1. 1n a dowel sawing machine, the com# bination with a carriage provided with a head, of a tubular arbor mounted in said head, a tubular saw connectedV to said arbor, an arm secured to said head in a plane below said arbor extending upwardly and outwardly and provided with an opening to receive said arbor, and an obliquely arranged depending bearing carried by the free end of said arm for supporting said saw.

' 2. 1n a dowel sawing machine, the 'combination withva tubular saw, of an arm eX? tending above'said saw, and a depending obliquely arranged bearing carried by said arm through which said saw extends.

k3. 1n a dowel sawing machine, the combination with a movable table, of a mov-v able carriage providedy with a tubular arbor, a tubular saw connectedto said arbor, a supporting arm extending in a plane above said saw, and a depending vobliquely ar ranged bearing carried by said arm through which said saw extends.

4. 1n a sawing machine, the combination with a reciprocating table, of amovablecarriage mounted at one end of said table, a tubular arbor carried by said carriage, a tubulary saw connected to said arbor, an arm While extending in a lplane above said tubular saw,

and a depending obliquely arranged bearing carried by said arm through which said saw extends. j

' 5. n a dowel sawing machine, the combination with a movable carriage provided with a head, of a tubular arbor mounted in said head, a tubular saw connected lto the free 'end of said arbor, an arm having a. depending angled end securedto saidfhead, the angled portion of said arm being provided with an opening to receive said arbor, said armextending parallel to said arbor in `a plane above the same, and a bearing secured to said,.arm at its free end and extending obliquely downward therefrom, forming a support for said arbor. y

Y 1n testimony whereof 1 hereunto,V my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HERBERT W. WEEKS.

' Witnesses:

J. E. ODIoRNn,

S. A. WEEKS.

Commissioner of Patents. 

